Keyword summary
31%10 analyzed articles/videos12,625 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Ballot Issue results contain 50 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Negativity Bias, and Hasty Generalization, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 6.3% saturation with 3,506 hits. Analysis detected 23,058 faulty-reasoning hits from 56,091 analyzed words across 10 articles, generating a BS Score of 0.8% and a BS Rank of 2% (58,510 of 59,653 keywords). This Ballot Issue is better (less manipulative) than 98.10% of the peer group.
Ballot Issue
Keyword ranking list
PercentileKeywordBS Score
0%Property Transfers1%
0%Madison Township1%
0%Buc-Ee's Travel Center1%
0%Buc Ees Travel Center1%
0%Paul Demark1%
2%Ballot Issue (selected)1%
100%Rad Power Bikes60%
100%Mike Lewis60%
100%Joni Balter60%
100%Lawrence O'donnell69%
100%Bondi Beach Shooting70%

Ranking context

Position among analyzed keywords

2% percentile
02550751001.9% percentile
0.8% BS Score10 analyzed articles56.1K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

KeywordSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Keyword 6.3%6.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Keyword 3.1%3.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Keyword 4.5%4.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Keyword 1.6%1.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Keyword 1.1%1.1%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Keyword 0.2%0.2%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Keyword 1.2%1.2%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Keyword 2.1%2.1%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Keyword 1.1%1.1%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Keyword 0.5%0.5%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%Framing Effect: Keyword 6.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Keyword 3.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Keyword 4.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Keyword 1.6%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Keyword 1.1%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Keyword 2.1%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Keyword 1.2%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Keyword 1.1%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Keyword 0.2%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Keyword 1.3%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Keyword 0.9%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Keyword 0.5%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Keyword 0.6%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Keyword 0.5%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Keyword 0.5%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Keyword 1.0%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Keyword 0.5%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Keyword 0.3%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Keyword 0.3%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Keyword 1.1%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Keyword 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Keyword 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Keyword 0.9%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Keyword 0.6%, sitewide 2.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateKeyword rate

Analyzed articles and videos

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